President William Ruto has issued a stern warning to political figures and brokers attempting to derail the proposed Sh2.2 trillion Lamu oil refinery, declaring that his administration will actively protect strategic investments in Kenya. Speaking in Kilifi during his Coast development tour, President Ruto defended the massive infrastructure project, which Kenya is developing in partnership with Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote. The president accused critics of sponsoring legal battles, staging political pressure campaigns, and demanding backroom equity stakes to block foreign direct investment. “There are people who think they can sabotage investment in this refinery. I have seen them making all sorts of claims on social media and holding press conferences. I want to tell them that they cannot deceive us all the time,” Ruto said. The president delivered his address just ahead of the scheduled groundbreaking for the mega facility, designed to refine up to 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Ruto outlined how the project will expand Kenya’s economy, create jobs, and establish the nation as a regional hub for petroleum processing. “We support the refinery, we support the investment, ‘but’… ‘but’… ‘but’. We know what your ‘but’ means. You are the ones who have frustrated the refinery project through court cases…You are sponsoring the court cases because you are opposed to th...
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